Monday, January 22, 2007

Cinema vs. Art


"Partie de Cartes" both 1895 by the Lumiere Bros.



" Les joueurs de cartes " by Paul Cezane. It is been said that Cezanne was influenced by the Lumiere Bros film. What do you say?

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Bonzo The Dog





By George Studdy, Born Plymouth, England 23rd June 1878, died London July 25th, 1948.

Friday, January 12, 2007

Expression







Ludwig Meidner [German Expressionist Painter, 1884-1966]

Thursday, January 11, 2007

"Mad Meg"


"Dulle Griet" by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c.1525September 9, 1569). Wonderful and apocalyptic painting. Imagine it set in Iraq.

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Comic Covers





I LOVE these!!!!!
The copyright belong to their rightful owners

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Workers-Trabajadores

Edvard Munch (Norway)


Ernesto De La Carcova (Argentina)

Pellizza da Volpedo (Italy)

Saturday, January 06, 2007

Divisionism





Four paintings by the great Italian Divisionist Giusseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, Born in Volpedo, Tortona, Italy, in july 1868, commited suicide following the death of his beloved wife in july 1907.
He painted the famous political work "the fourth state", depicting striking workers marching to the front of the picture. This image was recreated by the filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci in his epic "1900"